Whitey Herzog

Position: Manager

Born: November 9, 1931 in New Athens, IL us

Died: April 15, 2024 in St. Louis, MO

High School: New Athens HS (New Athens, IL)

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Manager in 2010. (Voted by Veteran's Committee on 14/16 ballots)

Full Name: Dorrel Norman Elvert Herzog

Nicknames: The White Rat

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SUMMARY

Career

2409

1281

1125

W-L%

.532

Managerial Stats

Last Played in 1963

Managerial Stats Table
Rk	Year	Age	Tm	Lg		W	L	W-L%	T	G	Finish	Wpost	Lpost	W-L%post	Ejections
1	1973	41	Texas Rangers	AL	1st of 3	47	91	.341	0	138	6	0	0		6

2	1974	42	California Angels	AL	2nd of 3	2	2	.500	0	4	6	0	0		0

3	1975	43	Kansas City Royals	AL	2nd of 2	41	25	.621	0	66	2	0	0		1
4	1976	44	Kansas City Royals	AL		90	72	.556	0	162	1	2	3	.400	3
5	1977	45	Kansas City Royals	AL		102	60	.630	0	162	1	2	3	.400	2
6	1978	46	Kansas City Royals	AL		92	70	.568	0	162	1	1	3	.250	4
7	1979	47	Kansas City Royals	AL		85	77	.525	0	162	2	0	0		3

8	1980	48	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	3rd of 4	38	35	.521	0	73	4	0	0		0

9	1981	49	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		29	23	.558	0	52	2	0	0		2	Second half of season
10	1981	49	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		30	20	.600	1	51	2	0	0		1	First half of season
11	1982	50	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		92	70	.568	0	162	1	7	3	.700	3	WS Champs
12	1983	51	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		79	83	.488	0	162	4	0	0		6
13	1984	52	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		84	78	.519	0	162	3	0	0		1
14	1985	53	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		101	61	.623	0	162	1	7	6	.538	1	NL Pennant
15	1986	54	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		79	82	.491	0	161	3	0	0		3
16	1987	55	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		95	67	.586	0	162	1	7	7	.500	3	NL Pennant
17	1988	56	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		76	86	.469	0	162	5	0	0		1
18	1989	57	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		86	76	.531	2	164	3	0	0		1
19	1990	58	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	1st of 3	33	47	.413	0	80	6	0	0		1
			Texas Rangers		1 year	47	91	.341	0	138	6.0	0	0		6
			California Angels		1 year	2	2	.500	0	4	6.0	0	0		0
			Kansas City Royals		5 years	410	304	.574	0	714	1.3	5	9	.357	13
			St. Louis Cardinals		11 years	822	728	.530	3	1553	2.8	21	16	.568	23	3 Pennants and 1 World Series Title
					18 years	1281	1125	.532	3	2409	2.6	26	25	.510	42	3 Pennants and 1 World Series Title

Managerial Tendencies

Managerial Tendencies Table
							Stealing 2nd				Stealing 3rd				Sac Bunts				Intentional Walks				Substitutions
Rk	Year	Half	Age	Tm	Lg	G	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	PA	IBB	Rate	Rate+	PH/G	PH/G+	PR/G	PR/G+	P/G	P/G+
1	1973		41	TEX	AL	138	1307	107	8.2%	101	831	9	1.1%	113	1292	38	2.9%	95	5408	42	0.8%	117	0.46	59	0.28	97	2.5	114

2	1974		42	CAL	AL	4	36	7	19.4%	206	32	0	0.0%	0	48	2	4.2%	105	148	1	0.7%	96	0.50	57	0.00	0	2.5	116

3	1975		43	KCR	AL	66	586	77	13.1%	128	504	5	1.0%	79	653	29	4.4%	108	2519	27	1.1%	146	0.79	93	0.48	129	2.4	111
4	1976		44	KCR	AL	162	1567	288	18.4%	152	1106	19	1.7%	98	1613	68	4.2%	99	6132	42	0.7%	107	1.02	121	0.40	124	2.5	114
5	1977		45	KCR	AL	162	1572	223	14.2%	143	1114	24	2.2%	183	1586	47	3.0%	71	6139	27	0.4%	70	1.02	119	0.28	91	2.4	102
6	1978		46	KCR	AL	162	1458	263	18.0%	178	1125	22	2.0%	180	1514	51	3.4%	72	6034	37	0.6%	107	1.11	134	0.46	140	2.3	103
7	1979		47	KCR	AL	162	1579	264	16.7%	171	1187	13	1.1%	99	1689	57	3.4%	80	6242	48	0.8%	118	1.11	127	0.24	92	2.5	106

8	1980		48	STL	NL	73	646	65	10.1%	72	492	2	0.4%	28	634	21	3.3%	113	2726	34	1.2%	117	1.26	80	0.26	97	2.7	98
9	1981	1	49	STL	NL	51	455	70	15.4%	107	376	2	0.5%	52	472	9	1.9%	58	1910	22	1.2%	122	1.10	74	0.20	87	2.8	102
10	1981	2	49	STL	NL	52	512	51	10.0%	84	364	3	0.8%	65	485	12	2.5%	72	2000	23	1.2%	103	1.71	91	0.27	80	3.4	111
11	1982		50	STL	NL	162	1525	262	17.2%	129	1095	23	2.1%	146	1469	29	2.0%	68	6142	90	1.5%	136	1.57	97	0.30	123	3.0	106
12	1983		51	STL	NL	162	1559	267	17.1%	125	1142	13	1.1%	93	1577	30	1.9%	76	6232	73	1.2%	107	1.73	107	0.36	149	3.0	108
13	1984		52	STL	NL	162	1513	252	16.7%	133	1043	25	2.4%	185	1478	32	2.2%	95	6071	68	1.1%	117	1.70	98	0.19	79	2.9	105
14	1985		53	STL	NL	162	1563	324	20.7%	182	1135	61	5.4%	295	1576	30	1.9%	78	6048	80	1.3%	125	1.56	91	0.22	93	2.8	100
15	1986		54	STL	NL	161	1463	271	18.5%	140	1166	57	4.9%	234	1519	38	2.5%	105	6061	73	1.2%	111	1.54	85	0.20	77	2.8	94
16	1987		55	STL	NL	162	1580	257	16.3%	129	1128	42	3.7%	193	1589	43	2.7%	127	6254	79	1.3%	120	1.40	79	0.15	84	3.2	105
17	1988		56	STL	NL	162	1516	229	15.1%	123	1035	45	4.3%	196	1409	53	3.8%	141	6151	90	1.5%	140	1.36	82	0.23	109	3.1	107
18	1989		57	STL	NL	164	1436	174	12.1%	113	1087	29	2.7%	129	1423	33	2.3%	86	6090	89	1.5%	126	1.35	79	0.25	114	3.2	108
19	1990		58	STL	NL	80	705	120	17.0%	144	557	19	3.4%	138	720	12	1.7%	73	3089	41	1.3%	123	1.43	82	0.34	160	3.4	109
		TEX (1 year)				138	1307	107	8.2%	101	831	9	1.1%	113	1292	38	2.9%	95	5408	42	0.8%	117	0.46	59	0.28	97	2.5	114
		ANA (1 year)				4	36	7	19.4%	206	32	0	0.0%	0	48	2	4.2%	105	148	1	0.7%	96	0.50	57	0.00	0	2.5	116
		KCR (5 years)				714	6762	1115	16.5%	157	5036	83	1.6%	129	7055	252	3.6%	83	27066	181	0.7%	106	1.04	122	0.36	115	2.4	107
		STL (11 years)				1553	14473	2342	16.2%	129	10620	321	3.0%	174	14351	342	2.4%	93	58774	762	1.3%	122	1.50	88	0.24	104	3.0	104
		18 years				2409	22578	3571	15.8%	136	16519	413	2.5%	160	22746	634	2.8%	89	91396	986	1.1%	118	1.30	94	0.28	107	2.8	105